Vipin Vijayan

Residents of the Grand Omaxe complex in Noida's Sector 93B clapped as the bulldozers brought down the encroachments made by self-styled BJP leader Shrikant Tyagi. He had been served a notice in 2019 over the illegal encroachment. However, no action was taken thereafter. It is alleged that Tyagi used his clout to prevent demolition. 

Residents claimed that the Noida Police allowed the goons, who had come on Sunday night to intimidate the woman who took on the self-styled BJP leader, to escape. Local Member of Parliament Mahesh Sharma termed the Noida Police as incompetent and said that he would lodge a complaint with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and seek the suspension of police personnel who failed to perform their duty.

Stating that the FIH should not just sidestep the matter by terming it a 'human error', Hockey India chief executive Elena Norman said doing so gives more opportunities and excuses to the Technical Officials to be unaccountable and not concentrate or focus.

Citing the December 16, 2012 Delhi gang rape incident, which later came to be known as the 'Nirbhaya' case, Gehlot said cases of murder after rape have increased in the country following the law providing death sentence for rape convicts came into force. Asha Devi, Nirbhaya's mother, termed the statement as very embarrassing and painful, especially to those families and girls who have been victims of such heinous crimes. 

Amid concerns reportedly concerned by New Delhi, Sri Lanka issued a 'third-person' note to the Chinese embassy in Colombo requesting that the arrival of 'Yuan Wang 5' -- Chinese space and satellite tracking research vessel -- in Hambantota be deferred until further consultations.

The first batch comprising four males and as many female cheetahs is expected to arrive from Namibia by August 15. South Africa plans to provide more cheetahs to India until the population is viable.

"Institutions have been tamed or emasculated or captured. Democracy is gasping for breath. We may have the shell of democracy, but inside, the shell has been hollowed out," says Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram. 

The Prime Minister's remarks have been widely appreciated on social media. Social media users said that Prime Minister Modi's encouragement to the sports fraternity would go a long way in developing the sports ecosystem

The Small Satellite Launch Vehicle placed the EOS-02 into the intended orbit, followed by AzaadiSAT after travelling for about 13 minutes. AzaadiSAT -- an 8 kg Cubesat -- has been designed by the girl students from government schools across the country to mark the 75th Anniversary of Independence.

The Niti Aayog was started while recognising the fact that strong states make a strong nation, KCR said, adding, however, that the Centre's actions show that the initiative has gone astray as states are not included as equal partners in the national developmental agenda.